This is the fascinating account, as told from the German perspective, of the Battle of the Atlantic, the longest-running, continuous military campaign in World War II, spanning from 1939 through to Germany’s defeat in 1945. At its core was the Allied naval blockade of Germany, which was announced the day after the declaration of war, although it quickly grew to include Germany's counter-blockade. The name "Battle of the Atlantic", was coined by Winston Churchill in 1941 and he famously stated that the U-boats were the only thing that really frightened him. The U-boat war encompassed a campaign that began on the first day of the European war and lasted for six years, involved thousands of ships and stretched over thousands of square miles of ocean, in more than 100 convoy battles and perhaps 1,000 single-ship encounters. In the 68 months of World War II, 2,775 Allied merchant ships were sunk for the loss of 781 U-boats.
Название: The U-boat War In The Atlantic Volume 1: 1939-1941
Автор: Bob Carruthers (Author)
Издательство: Pen & Sword Maritime
Год издания: 2013
Серия: Maritime
ISBN: 978-1781591598
Страниц: 296 pages
Язык: english
Формат: pdf в rar
Размер: 11.3 Мб
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